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PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMANFORMERLY IN THE GARDEN MUSEUM COLLECTION
A BLACK OPAL, DEMANTOID GARNET AND SAPPHIRE LAPEL BROOCH
Details
A BLACK OPAL, DEMANTOID GARNET AND SAPPHIRE LAPEL BROOCH
Suspending a pear-shaped black opal cabochon set within a gold frame, accented by circular-cut sapphires and demantoid garnets, joined by circular-cut sapphire and demantoid garnet links to the openwork gold lapel pin of similar design, 3 7/8 ins., mounted in gold
Bottom pendant signed Tiffany & Co.
Suspending a pear-shaped black opal cabochon set within a gold frame, accented by circular-cut sapphires and demantoid garnets, joined by circular-cut sapphire and demantoid garnet links to the openwork gold lapel pin of similar design, 3 7/8 ins., mounted in gold
Bottom pendant signed Tiffany & Co.
Literature
A. Duncan, Louis C. Tiffany: The Garden Museum Collection, England, Antique Collectors' Club Limited, 2004, p. 489
Further Details
This brooch is a combination of two individual pieces, the lower portion likely designed by Louis Comfort Tiffany